Comstock soars on lithium battery recycler investment Shares more than tripled after the mineral producer unveiled a $10.8 million deal for rights to a stake of as much as 64% stake in lithium battery recycling company Linico. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 17, 2021 | 10:33 am
Manganese X confirms wide zones of mineralization at Battery Hill Drill core assays from the Moody Hill area returned grades as high as 27.69% MnO. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 17, 2021 | 9:56 am
Rio Tinto starts drilling at Janice Lake RTEC drilling at Forum Energy Metals' 100% owned copper-silver project in Saskatchewan. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 17, 2021 | 9:27 am
Gold price dealt ‘fatal blow’ by bond yield rally Gold fell to its lowest in over two months as surging bond yields and a firmer US dollar continued to take a toll on the precious metal. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 17, 2021 | 9:11 am
First Quantum sees no ‘contagion’ risk in Zambia after Mopani deal – COO Zambia became Africa's first pandemic-era sovereign default in November. Reuters | February 17, 2021 | 9:01 am
Six killed in fire at gold mine in eastern China The fire occurred at around 6 a.m. local time (2200 GMT on Tuesday) during maintenance at the Caojiawa gold mine in the city of Zhaoyuan. Reuters | February 17, 2021 | 8:47 am
Osisko continues to grow ‘world-class’ Windfall deposit Measured and indicated tonnes now total 6 million tonnes at 9.6 g/t gold, for 1.9 million gold oz. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 17, 2021 | 8:44 am
Eramet sees higher core earnings this year after pandemic hit The company reported a net loss of 675 million euros ($817 million) for 2020. Reuters | February 17, 2021 | 8:37 am
Global copper smelting slides in January amid covid-19 lockdowns Top producer China dipped but from high levels, satellite service SAVANT and broker Marex Spectron said in a joint statement. Reuters | February 17, 2021 | 8:30 am